| Monday, 29 September 2003, 2:41 pm Tags: News, Technology |
Tonight you’ll have a rare chance to spot Uranus. No I won’t be saying that on TV.
- A flaw in Internet Explorer that was thought fixed is still there, leaving all users vulnerable to rogue web pages. One exploit places huge charges on your phone bill. The fix: turn off ActiveX until Microsoft issues a patch, then turn it back on to visit Windows Update. This is getting ridiculous.
- Rollin’ up the ribbon clerks. Investigators in Seattle have arrested another teenager for creating an MSBlaster variant.
- Musicmatch introduces iTunes-like service for US Windows users. Musicmatch Downloads offers songs for 99¢ and whole CDs for ten bucks. Songs are in WMA format but can be burned to disc and copied to WMA compatible MP3 players. Dell plans music store, too.
- Yahoo is blocking Trillian.
- Segway is recalling all 6,000 scooters sold for safety fix. Maybe it’s time to build your own.
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Regarding the Windows security issues… it sure is getting out of hand. So much so that I installed RedHat 9 this weekend. It’s been a bit of a change, but not having to worry about M$ problems has been excellent.
“Tonight you’ll have a rare chance to spot Uranus. No I won’t be saying that on TV.”
Good idea Leo.
you SHOULD say that on tv. Comments like that on tss are part of the reason i still watch it…
It’s reasons like the new IE flaw that I stopped using a Windows PC as my main machine… (I have a Powerbook 15″, the old one not the cool new backlit keyboard one)
It’s also reasons like that which prompt me to drag out the process of converting the computer in the MU Radio studio back to a Windows machine (it was donated to us w/ NT 4 but no one knew the password, so I installed RedHat onto it). It worked all of last year w/ no problem but we have a new GM and he can’t understand the GNOME interface. It’s funny, we had a Windows PC, the DJs crashed it, we got a mac, the DJs crashed it, we got a LINUX box, it ran for the entire school year without any problems (and is still running just fine) because no one had rights to install anything onto it.
-A
Mozilla to the rescue!
yea but you still have to worry about redhat security problems.
I refuse to use an music store that offers only WMA files. MP3 or even AAC or something for me, thank you.
I have a feeling online music stores will become as numerous as news sites or porn sites. Come on, do we really need 50 online music stores, 48 of which suck?
I am a retired science teacher. Needless to say,I heard a lot of 8th Grade comments on Uranus. There are a couple of metamorphic rocks called gneiss (nice) and schist. You know the rest. Is Uranus metamorphic? Is it gneiss? Or is it just covered by schist? Has Uranus even been probed to find out?
hmmmm… I hear that firebird browser is worth a try!
I noticed that you didn’t mention the news story today regarding the Patriot Act letters that were sent to journalists that covered the Adrian Lamo story. Any particular reason for that?
For anyone that thinks iTunes is a good way to support musicians, check out this web page: http://www.downhillbattle.org/itunes/index.html from http://www.downhillbattle.org
I only use Mozilla Firebird anymore. I can’t quite make the move to Linux, but I also use Open Office rather than MS Office.